They meet on another world. A glance, a giggle, he's played this game before.
She offers temporary solace, but he needs it just the same. Suddenly, they're together, two bodies racing towards crescendo.
He briefly realizes that this isn't right, she's just a replacement. He pushes the thought away without a qualm. He lets his mind wander to his departed love, and it is bliss.
At the appointed time he squelches her name till it's a whisper. "Teyla…" Soon he leaves the now sleeping figure beside him for the bottle of Athosian swill in the drawer. Tonight he needed to remember, now he needs to forget.